Machine for bundling wall-paper



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' S. M. JACKSON.

MACHINE FOR BUNDLING WALL PAPER. No. 362,279. Patented May 3, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MILLS JACKSON, OF LOGANSPORT, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR BU NDLING WALL-PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 362,279, dated May 3,1887.

Application filed October 12, 1886. Serial No. 216,041. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, SAMUEL MILLs JAOK- SON, of Logansport, in the countyof Cass and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Bundling NVall -Paper; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

' My invention relates to an improvement in machines for bundling wallpaper; and it consists in the combination of two standards which areunited together, and which are provided with feet at their lower endsand with hooks at their upper ones, with pivoted levers which arerigidly connected at their lower ends by means of a cross-bar and whichare provided with hooks at their upper ends, so as to close upon thestationary hooks of the standard, as'will be more fully describedhereinafter.

The object of my invention is to utilize one half of the same arms whichhold the paper as compressors in bundling it, and thus dispense withseparate compressing devices.

Figure l is an end view of a machine embodying my invention, the partsbeing shown in one position in solid lines and in another in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

A represents two standards of any desired height,which are provided withfeet B at their lower ends and the books 0 at their upper ones. Thefe'et B are moved sufficiently far apart so as to form a solidfoundation for the machine at all times. These standards A have nomovement, but remain rigidly in position. These two standards arerigidly connected together by the two cross-bars B, which connect thefeet together in pairs, and by the cross-bar F, which serves as afulcrum upon which the levers turn.

The two levers G are fulcrumed upon the crossbar F, and are unitedtogether at their lower ends by a cross-bar, H, upon which the foot isplaced for the purpose of moving the levers, and causing their upperhooked ends, I, to move toward the hooks upon the standard, and thuscompress the bundles of paper between them. A chain, J, is connected toone of the levers and one of the standards, for the purpose of limitingthe movement of the levers, and thus preventing them from being openedbeyond a certain distance.

WVhen the lower ends of the levers are drawn upward as far as they canbe moved, the hooks for receiving the rolls of paper are opened to theirutmost width. The rolls of paper are then placed between the hooks uponthe standards and the hooks upon the upper ends of the levers, and then'the pressure of the foot is applied to the crosspiece which connects thelower ends of the levers together, so as to force the hooks toward thehooks upon the standards, and thus compress the rolls of paper into abundle, so that they can be readily tied together. By using the foot tooperate the levers, as here shown, both hands are left free to managethe rolls of paper and tie them. The levers are made to open and closeby the movements of the foot, and thus the hands are always free toattend to the rolls of paper.

It will be seen that the whole machine con sists of the two standards,which are provided with feet so as to support them rigidly in position,and the levers,which are pivoted upon the cross-bar which connects thestandards together at that point.

I am aware that saw-bucks provided with four rigid arms or holders, towhich suitable devices have been connected for holding the log while itis being sawed, have heretofore been used, and thatcompressing-n1achines, in which all four of the arms are pivotedtogether and made to compress the material, are also old; and these Idisclaim. My invention differs from these in having two rigid arms orholders and the other two pivoted thereto, so as to form the compressingdevice.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In a bundlingmachine forwall-paper, the

combination of the stationary standards A,

provided with the feet B and the rigid arms U, and which are connectedtogether by the cross-bars B F,with the two levers G, pivoted pr uponthe cross-bar F, connected together at their lower ends by the cross-barH, and having their upper ends, I, formed into hooks or arms, which actin connection with the arms 0, both for holding and compressing thepaper, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix 1 esence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL MILLS JACKSON, v

ny si gnatn re in V i tnesses:

F. L. BROOKS, F. C. SLAUGHTER.

